What is this?

Posted by: MikeT. on 28 June 2015

  I give up!  I cannot find this emoticon ANYWHERE.  I'm sure it adds some context to the conversation and I'd love to know what.  I've never seen it anywhere except on the Naim forum. 

Does it have anything to do with NACA 5?

 

 Thanks, in advance. 

 

Posted on: 28 June 2015 by TOBYJUG

I asked this very question a while back ! Not sure but i think its a motif of accelerated defenestration .

Posted on: 28 June 2015 by Richard Dane
Originally Posted by MikeT.:

  I give up!  I cannot find this emoticon ANYWHERE.  I'm sure it adds some context to the conversation and I'd love to know what.  I've never seen it anywhere except on the Naim forum. 

Does it have anything to do with NACA 5?

 

 Thanks, in advance. 

 

 

Mike, it's an exploding sausage.  It has been used a fair bit on here.  

 

I expressly kept the emoticon choices limited.  But I did allow the exploding sausage to be part of the line-up, mainly because I was fascinated to see how and where it might be appropriately used.  So far the results have been... 

Posted on: 29 June 2015 by MikeT.
Originally Posted by Richard Dane:
Originally Posted by MikeT.:

  I give up!  I cannot find this emoticon ANYWHERE.  I'm sure it adds some context to the conversation and I'd love to know what.  I've never seen it anywhere except on the Naim forum. 

Does it have anything to do with NACA 5?

 

 Thanks, in advance. 

 

 

Mike, it's an exploding sausage.  It has been used a fair bit on here.  

 

I expressly kept the emoticon choices limited.  But I did allow the exploding sausage to be part of the line-up, mainly because I was fascinated to see how and where it might be appropriately used.  So far the results have been... 

Thank you Richard.  I was pretty sure it was an exploding sausage.  I share your fascination

Posted on: 29 June 2015 by MikeT.
Originally Posted by TOBYJUG:

I asked this very question a while back ! Not sure but i think its a motif of accelerated defenestration .

What answers did you get?  I'll have to see how its used by other members.  An exploding sausage could mean many things. 

Posted on: 29 June 2015 by Lionel

I thought it was an overripe banana...

Posted on: 29 June 2015 by J.N.
Originally Posted by TOBYJUG:

I asked this very question a while back ! Not sure but i think its a motif of accelerated defenestration .

Isn't that chucking someone out of a window - quickly?

 

John.

Posted on: 29 June 2015 by MikeT.
Originally Posted by J.N.:
Originally Posted by TOBYJUG:

I asked this very question a while back ! Not sure but i think its a motif of accelerated defenestration .

Isn't that chucking someone out of a window - quickly?

 

John.

 Or, according to Webster's Dictionary, 2. (a usually swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a political party or office).